Will County Gazette

There were 3,765 Asian students enrolled in Will County school districts in the 2023-24 school year, 2.6% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that Asian students made up 3.7% of the 101,920 students in the county. They were the third least represented ethnicity.

Among the 29 districts in Will County, Plainfield School District 202 recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 2,079 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Will County.

Illinois allocated $8.6 billion to K-12 education in its 2025 budget—a $350 million increase over FY 2024, meeting the minimum required under the state’s school funding formula.

As of the 2023-24 school year, Illinois public schools enrolled approximately 1.85 million students across nearly 4,000 schools. There was roughly one teacher for every 15 students, slightly better than the national average of 1:16.

District	Asian Student Enrollment Percentage	Total enrollment
Plainfield School District 202	8.5%	24,554
Valley View Community Unit School District 365U	6.3%	14,660
Lincoln Way Community High School District 210	2.2%	6,658
Troy Community Consolidated School District 30C	3.1%	3,907
Frankfort Community Consolidated School District 157C	2.8%	2,643
Summit Hill School District 161	3.1%	2,369
Lockport Township High School District 205	1.9%	3,785
Homer Community Consolidated School District 33C	1.9%	3,675
Joliet Township High School District 204	0.8%	6,688
New Lenox School District 122	0.9%	4,971
Mokena School District 159	1.9%	1,556
Crete-Monee Community Unit School District 201-U	0.6%	4,407
Richland Grade School District 88A	2.7%	813
Joliet Public School District 86	0.2%	9,415
Beecher Community Unit School District 200U	1.4%	1,033